Inequality in Brazil: the contribution of pensions

This paper analyzes the contribution of components of per capita household income to total inequality of the income distribution in Brazil and its regions, using the corresponding decomposition of the Gini index. The income components considered are: income from the main job (activity), income from...

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Main Author: Rodolfo Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2003-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Economia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402003000400005